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Are you saying Fritz would leave us for a school with more money?

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At his age, maybe not.

Or at least, I hope not.

But a younger coach likely would.

See Sumlin and Herman for reference.

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Another law flawed answer. The primary reasons that both left were because of:

  1. Coaching in a power conference
  2. Two in state rivals that wanted to stick it to us
    Houston represents a unique HC job due to the recruiting area. HCWF surely has an open line to Fertitta. At his age and his connections to Houston I do not see him make a move.
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Well, thereā€™s more than just that.

A younger coach with a better money offer from a P2 school, and not necessarily just an in state rival, probably would jumpā€¦ESPECIALLY if theyā€™d also be going to a school with more money to pay the top recruits.

So no, itā€™s hardly a flawed answer. On the contrary, itā€™s a CORRECT answer.

A young coach might very well leave for a P2 offer, and especially for a P2 blue blood with a bigger NIL/roster budget and a better salary.

But an older coach looking to make this his last stop is more likely to stay even if offered more money.

It is what it is.

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Thatā€™s probably true but even still we should acknowledge that the B12 helped us land Fritz. He was a 2 time AAC COY. Thatā€™s the profile of a coach that would usually use UH as the stepping stone to get to another job. Former award winners went on to coach at Texas, Wisconsin, FSU, Nebraska, Okstā€¦ and UH. The P4 tag put us a step up in the pecking order. Thatā€™s significant.

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It is. No dispute.

But a young successful coach here would still likely bolt if a P2 job with more NIL and a higher salary became available.

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I think thereā€™s still some SEC/B10 schools that wouldnā€™t lure a coach away (Vandy, Miss St, Purdue, etc) but yah thereā€™s probably 30ish schools that could potentially poach our coach, but thatā€™s a lot better than 60+ previously. And even then you probably wonā€™t have to worry too much about openings at B10 schools if youā€™re hiring coaches with strong southern ties. Weā€™re also able to poach top end G6 coaches as opposed to having to rely on coordinators which is a nice boost to our potential coaching pool. Weā€™re in a much better position than we were in the American.

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No one disputes that.

But we could still have a young Coach poached by a program with more money, which was really the gist of this.